A postcard, from me to you. 1911 style. "Dear Frida, Got your card and glad to hear from you and also so glad to hear from Mother. We know we can't have her many more years -- how I wish I …
In Green Old Gardens – A Poem
I found a poem today down in a rabbit hole of old gardening books where one author and book leads to another, and another, and then there is a snippet of a poem, and then I find the entire poem. I …
Garden Bloggers Muse Day: Spring Psalm
SPRING PSALMDrawn upward by some hidden power,Life is cracking the crust of earthAnd bursting forth from limb and stem.Your aroma, O Life-giver,Is upon the springtime wind,And I feel its power …
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Garden Bloggers’ Muse… Busy As A Bee
I've been busy as a bee!For Garden Bloggers' Muse Day, I offer the first few lines of an old poem written by the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.The BumblebeeYou better not fool with a Bumblebee! …
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My Garden is Perfect Right Now… At Least in My WInter Weary Mind
I know that someday soon I will be able to remove this shackle of winter, also known as my winter coat, and go outside to work in the garden instead of shovel the snow. Until then, my garden has …
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When the Frost is on the Punkin
When I work around the yard in the fall, often times I think over and over of the 1st line of the poem “When the Frost is on the Punkin” written by the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.“When the …
